A MAN has avoided jail after getting caught with a lock knife due to ill health, a court heard.
Simon Peter MacLellan was stopped with a blade in Sharlands Road, Fareham.
The 39-year-old of Redlands Lane, also in Fareham was charged with carrying a bladed article in a public place.
Appearing before Portsmouth Magistrates' Court, he pleaded guilty to the offence which happened on July 6 this year.
He was jailed for two months.
However, according to court documents, the sentence was suspended for six-months due to the defendant's ill health.
MacLellan has been ordered to pay a £128 victim surcharge.
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